Psalms 31:1-15

¹To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.

²Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

³For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

⁴Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

⁵Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.

⁶I am full of hate for those who go after false gods; but my hope is in the Lord.

⁷I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

⁸And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place.

⁹Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

¹⁰My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.

¹¹Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

¹²I have gone from men's minds and memory like a dead man; I am like a broken vessel.

¹³False statements against me have come to my ears; fear was on every side: they were talking together against me, designing to take away my life.

¹⁴But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

¹⁵The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.